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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SMTP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank442333471
Rank change year-on-year
Down-109Up+138
Matching contract IT job ads51108129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.106 %0.274 %0.157 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.927 %1.814 %1.201 %
Daily rates quoted154159
Average daily rate£340£350£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.850 %-14.63 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£303£295
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£430£450£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£450£411
% change year-on-year
-27.50 %+9.420 %
Hourly rates quoted0420
Average hourly rate-£30.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+9.090 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£18.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
--43.75 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		5500595310738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.39 %15.09 %13.06 %
Daily rates quoted212715172824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5306221508
Average hourly rate£23.00£23.31£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.320 %-10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

SMTP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SMTP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

SMTP Demand Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SMTP within the UK.

SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SMTP Daily Rate Histogram

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SMTP within the UK.

SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-9649£340-2.85 %
LondonDown-10530£350-
South WestDown-610£381+19.14 %
GloucestershireUp+118£381-
City of LondonDown-1005£375+4.52 %
North WestDown-33£313-
CheshireNew entry-3£313-
KnutsfordNew entry-3£313-
GloucesterDown-32--
South EastDown-152£250-50.00 %
LeicesterNew entry-2--
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
LeicestershireNew entry-2--
East of EnglandUp+131£450-
CheltenhamUp+131£450-
BerkshireUp+31--
ReadingUp+11--
HampshireDown-61£250-54.54 %
ScotlandDown-141--
YorkshireNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
BedfordshireNew entry-1£450-
LeedsNew entry-1--
EdinburghNew entry-1--

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP.

159 (48.36 %)Windows
248 (39.34 %)DNS
340 (32.79 %)Microsoft
439 (31.97 %)Oracle
536 (29.51 %)Linux
634 (27.87 %)TCP/IP
732 (26.23 %)Security Cleared
831 (25.41 %)HTTP
929 (23.77 %)MS Exchange
1028 (22.95 %)Windows Server 2003
1127 (22.13 %)Apache
1127 (22.13 %)UNIX
1226 (21.31 %)SQL
1226 (21.31 %)Internet
1323 (18.85 %)Solaris
1422 (18.03 %)XML
1422 (18.03 %)Firewall
1422 (18.03 %)Exchange Server 2007
1521 (17.21 %)Cisco
1620 (16.39 %)Perl
1719 (15.57 %)Active Directory
1719 (15.57 %)Red Hat
1719 (15.57 %)Red Hat Linux
1818 (14.75 %)Oracle RAC
1917 (13.93 %)Blackberry
2016 (13.11 %)SQL Server
2115 (12.30 %)LDAP
2214 (11.48 %)JBoss
2214 (11.48 %)Shell Script
2214 (11.48 %)Exchange Server 2003

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
122 (18.03 %)XML
29 (7.377 %)SOAP
37 (5.738 %)HTML
45 (4.098 %)Zend Framework
45 (4.098 %).NET
45 (4.098 %)STL
45 (4.098 %)CSS
54 (3.279 %)Middleware
54 (3.279 %)JMS
54 (3.279 %)XSD
54 (3.279 %)XSLT
54 (3.279 %)ASP.NET
54 (3.279 %)COM
54 (3.279 %)AJAX
63 (2.459 %)Spring
72 (1.639 %)J2EE
72 (1.639 %)WebSphere
81 (0.820 %)Mason
81 (0.820 %)JSON
81 (0.820 %)WF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (23.77 %)MS Exchange
227 (22.13 %)Apache
322 (18.03 %)Exchange Server 2007
414 (11.48 %)Exchange Server 2003
512 (9.836 %)ESB
611 (9.016 %)IIS
78 (6.557 %)WebLogic
78 (6.557 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
78 (6.557 %)Oracle Service Bus
87 (5.738 %)Office Communications Server
96 (4.918 %)SharePoint
96 (4.918 %)Tomcat
96 (4.918 %)Lotus Notes
105 (4.098 %)GroupWise
105 (4.098 %)Lotus Domino
113 (2.459 %)Exchange Server 2000
122 (1.639 %)WebSphere MQ
122 (1.639 %)WebSphere Application Server
131 (0.820 %)CMS
131 (0.820 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (7.377 %)MS Office
27 (5.738 %)MS Excel
32 (1.639 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (4.918 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
148 (39.34 %)DNS
234 (27.87 %)TCP/IP
331 (25.41 %)HTTP
426 (21.31 %)Internet
522 (18.03 %)Firewall
615 (12.30 %)LDAP
713 (10.66 %)FTP
812 (9.836 %)SAN
99 (7.377 %)X.400
99 (7.377 %)SNMP
107 (5.738 %)Network Security
107 (5.738 %)Cisco PIX
107 (5.738 %)VPN
116 (4.918 %)DHCP
116 (4.918 %)SSH
125 (4.098 %)SSL
134 (3.279 %)WAN
134 (3.279 %)SMS
134 (3.279 %)BGP
134 (3.279 %)X.500
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (13.11 %)SQL Server
213 (10.66 %)MySQL
36 (4.918 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (3.279 %)RDBMS
44 (3.279 %)SQLPlus
53 (2.459 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.639 %)BusinessObjects
62 (1.639 %)Ingres
62 (1.639 %)DB2
62 (1.639 %)Database Marketing
71 (0.820 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.820 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (4.098 %)Subversion
15 (4.098 %)Oracle Forms
15 (4.098 %)ClearCase
24 (3.279 %)Ant
24 (3.279 %)Maven
32 (1.639 %)RequisitePro
32 (1.639 %)Rational Functional Tester
41 (0.820 %)PEAR
41 (0.820 %)StarTeam
41 (0.820 %)PVCS
41 (0.820 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.820 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (10.66 %)Finance
29 (7.377 %)Banking
36 (4.918 %)Retail
36 (4.918 %)Marketing
44 (3.279 %)Government
44 (3.279 %)Auditing
44 (3.279 %)Retail Banking
53 (2.459 %)Telecoms
62 (1.639 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.820 %)Financial Institution
71 (0.820 %)Health
71 (0.820 %)Advertising
71 (0.820 %)Education
71 (0.820 %)Electric
71 (0.820 %)Military
71 (0.820 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
122 (18.03 %)Administrator
215 (12.30 %)Developer
312 (9.836 %)Systems Administrator
410 (8.197 %)Analyst
410 (8.197 %)Consultant
58 (6.557 %)Linux Administrator
58 (6.557 %)Network Administrator
58 (6.557 %)Messaging Engineer
67 (5.738 %)Exchange Engineer
67 (5.738 %)Linux Systems Administrator
76 (4.918 %)Support Analyst
84 (3.279 %)Technical Manager
84 (3.279 %)Technical Tester
84 (3.279 %)UNIX Engineer
84 (3.279 %)C++ Developer
84 (3.279 %)Technical Specialist
84 (3.279 %)Architect
84 (3.279 %)Project Manager
84 (3.279 %)Tester
84 (3.279 %)Technical Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (13.93 %)Blackberry
26 (4.918 %)Clustering
35 (4.098 %)SaaS
44 (3.279 %)Thin Client
44 (3.279 %)Fat Client
53 (2.459 %)Open Source
53 (2.459 %)HACMP
62 (1.639 %)Mainframe
62 (1.639 %)Biometrics
62 (1.639 %)PKI
71 (0.820 %)iSeries
71 (0.820 %)FMCG
71 (0.820 %)iPhone
71 (0.820 %)Video on Demand
71 (0.820 %)IPTV
71 (0.820 %)Streaming Media
71 (0.820 %)Replication
71 (0.820 %)Interactive TV
71 (0.820 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
159 (48.36 %)Windows
236 (29.51 %)Linux
328 (22.95 %)Windows Server 2003
427 (22.13 %)UNIX
523 (18.85 %)Solaris
619 (15.57 %)Red Hat Linux
710 (8.197 %)Windows Server 2008
89 (7.377 %)Windows Vista
96 (4.918 %)HPUX
105 (4.098 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
105 (4.098 %)Windows 2000 Server
105 (4.098 %)AIX
113 (2.459 %)Windows Mobile
113 (2.459 %)Windows NT
122 (1.639 %)VMS
131 (0.820 %)Android
131 (0.820 %)Windows XP
131 (0.820 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (9.016 %)OO
27 (5.738 %)ITIL
36 (4.918 %)EAI
36 (4.918 %)Configuration Management
45 (4.098 %)Migration
54 (3.279 %)Project Management
54 (3.279 %)User Acceptance Testing
63 (2.459 %)Investment Management
63 (2.459 %)Problem Management
63 (2.459 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (2.459 %)Content Management
63 (2.459 %)UML
72 (1.639 %)Data Modelling
72 (1.639 %)OOD
72 (1.639 %)Validation
72 (1.639 %)Information Security
72 (1.639 %)Web Development
72 (1.639 %)Test Management
72 (1.639 %)Test Scripting
72 (1.639 %)Email Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (21.31 %)SQL
220 (16.39 %)Perl
314 (11.48 %)Shell Script
411 (9.016 %)Java
510 (8.197 %)PHP
68 (6.557 %)C
68 (6.557 %)C#
77 (5.738 %)Python
86 (4.918 %)PL/SQL
86 (4.918 %)Bash shell
95 (4.098 %)Korn
95 (4.098 %)JavaScript
95 (4.098 %)C++
104 (3.279 %)Delphi
113 (2.459 %)PowerShell
122 (1.639 %)VBScript
122 (1.639 %)AWK
122 (1.639 %)Bourne shell
131 (0.820 %)PHP5
131 (0.820 %)PHP4
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
132 (26.23 %)Security Cleared
213 (10.66 %)SC Cleared
310 (8.197 %)DV Cleared
48 (6.557 %)BC Cleared
55 (4.098 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (3.279 %)MCSE
73 (2.459 %)Cisco Certification
82 (1.639 %)CCNP
82 (1.639 %)MCSA
91 (0.820 %)MCTS
91 (0.820 %)MCP
91 (0.820 %)CCNA
91 (0.820 %)CCDP
91 (0.820 %)CCIE
91 (0.820 %)CCSP
91 (0.820 %)ISEB
91 (0.820 %)Citrix Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.820 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
119 (15.57 %)Active Directory
218 (14.75 %)Oracle RAC
36 (4.918 %)NFS
45 (4.098 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (4.098 %)Sendmail
45 (4.098 %)VMware Server
54 (3.279 %)ISA Server
63 (2.459 %)Postfix
63 (2.459 %)MailMarshal
72 (1.639 %)Xen
72 (1.639 %)qmail
81 (0.820 %)XenApp
81 (0.820 %)Squid
81 (0.820 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (3.279 %)NetBackup
23 (2.459 %)EMC NetWorker
23 (2.459 %)WSUS
23 (2.459 %)MAILsweeper
23 (2.459 %)Tivoli
32 (1.639 %)Netcool
32 (1.639 %)Nagios
32 (1.639 %)ARCserve
32 (1.639 %)OpenView
32 (1.639 %)Cacti
41 (0.820 %)McAfee ePO
41 (0.820 %)SCCM
41 (0.820 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.820 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.820 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.820 %)MOM
41 (0.820 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (32.79 %)Microsoft
239 (31.97 %)Oracle
321 (17.21 %)Cisco
419 (15.57 %)Red Hat
514 (11.48 %)JBoss
613 (10.66 %)Sun
613 (10.66 %)McAfee
710 (8.197 %)IBM
89 (7.377 %)HP
98 (6.557 %)Symantec
98 (6.557 %)VMware
107 (5.738 %)Lotus
107 (5.738 %)Salesforce.com
116 (4.918 %)Clearswift
116 (4.918 %)Google
125 (4.098 %)Zend
125 (4.098 %)IronPort
125 (4.098 %)EMC
134 (3.279 %)Lucent
134 (3.279 %)Veritas
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